OT- Nick Swisher goes full Bro-h-i-o

In case you missed it, quite a rare and funny play happened in the Tigers-Indians game tonight. Nick Swisher got caught not running out a grounder down the line and payed the price in a closely contested game.

The ball was never "not live". It only becomes a dead ball if the fielder touches the ball, the ball hits an object (fence, batter, offensive player in foul territory, defensive player in foul territory, passes first or third base and deemed a foul ball, and/or goes over the fence and out of play) therefore it is free to roll back into fair territory. You often see a defensive player do the opposite of what Pena did and let the ball roll from fair territory into foul but bc swisher just stood there Pena made a very intelligent play.

If you spell Crisler like the car company you should hand in your fan card before the next meeting.... Same goes for Ferry Field

Eli Zaret basically does a "What's the Right Call" segment that plays every other inning and this exact scenario played out. First time anything of value has been heard on the airwaves of 97.1 Detroit in a long time.

People always thought he was some beloved player here in NY, but from my recollection people around here thought he was kind of an idiot with the Yankees. I know he's been hitting okay for the Indians, but there's a reason people weren't dying to get Nick Swisher on their team when he became a FA.

It was extra innings, the only thing that changes the outlook of the game is Brantley (the tying run) scoring, who was standing on 1st base. If there was a game winning HR, or a double in the gap in which Brantley was able to score from first, I'd have to think that Swisher would find some way to score from 3rd base in front him unless he had an aneurysm half way to home plate.

Janeane Garofalo (Film Actors Guild): "As actors it is our responsibility to read the newspaper, and then say what we read on television like it's our opinion"

Common man...what do you expect for a measly 14MM per year? If they're going to pay the man slave wages then they cant really expect him to go all out every play now can they? Think about it...he's got to rest up every now and then (baseball is VERY hard you know) so this play is apparently when Nick needed to take his break.

Imagine having a seat and cooling off every 5-10 minutes then sprinting. IN essense that's what they do. I am surprised guys don't hit a spinning bike or something in the dugout to stay warm. You would probably see a lot less pulled hammies if they did.

or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

...you can hustle it 90 feet at all times, especially late in clutch situations. Plus outside of injuries, which can happen on any job with physical labor, baseball is more of a mental strain. This isn't even the dog days of August.

Living in Columbus proper, this raging tool calls in sometimes to 97.1 the fan. He is the definition of how not to raise your children. He's an embarrassment to the English language, math and sweat bands.

No this is a ball that was hit directly into the batter's box ahead of home plate and goes down the line, now if Pena or any Tiger's player fields the in foul territory than it's ruled a foul ball.

What Pena did was look back to see if Swisher was running the play out because if he was than Pena fields the ball in foul territory but he saw that Swisher wasn't moving so he waited it out hoping to get an easy out, and he was rewarded for his patience.

No. The ball started foul. But it rolled back into fair territory before it got down the line past third (which would officially make it a foul ball). Swisher going "brohio" as the OP put it just makes it odd because it should have either been a foul ball or an infield hit

He went "Brohio" by not running the play out, if he does then it's just a foul ball because Pena would have picked it up in foul territory, you can clearly see him look back at Swisher who hasn't moved from the batter's box, instead of just an 0-2 count it's the 1st out of the inning.

Right. That's what I was implying. If swisher was paying attention to the play at all (read: cared) he would have at least been aware of the circumstance and maybe partially down the line trying to bait Pena as well. Instead, he just stood there

Infield hit less plausible. And could have resulted in a throw to first. But regardless, that play happens quite often in baseball (reading the ball down a line). What isn't frequent is the catcher running back towards the box tagging the guy out while laughing hysterically

I know he played at OSU and is from Columbus (and that I am going to get negged to bolivian for this), but there is something about that guy that seems kind of likable to me. He just seems like a funny, down to earth guy who would be an absolute hoot when sitting down and having a beer.

Now I want to state that I don't know much about him (just what I see on interviews and during games), but I always get a kick out of him. And hey...if you keep your cooler locked there's probably no harm in chilling out with the guy and having a few beers.

Anyway, that is just my thoughts on Swisher. He seems like a funny guy to me.